Supermanfan/Brandontaylor's Jones Multigenerational Save

[Supermanfan]

Dwight really needed to work on his report writing so I decided to send him to the neighbors. Unfortunately, Uncle Christian was gone so Dwight had to resort to other means. He was able to dig enough dirt up on Christian's wife Jennifer to write a report.


In other news, Ariana got promoted to Governor. A few more promotions and I'll have a Leader of the Free World in the family.


Melanie is still working on "Anywhere With You", mostly because my time to play has been limited. I'm trying to have her finish it before she moves but I'm not sure yet.


I have no clue why I took this photo but I'm adding it anyway, just because it's there.


Dwight finished up his report on Jennifer but I need to get a few more if I can. I'm just hoping he reaches his LTW before he dies or I'll have to extend his life until he does. It's not a rule since I'm only playing however I want with this save but it's just something I like to do.


He then decided to take his family for a free dinner at the Bistro. I'm going to sell off owned property before they move, just to be sure they get that money back. I think the game does this anyway when you move them to a new town but I'm not taking any chances.


That following morning, Dwight had a chat with Daisy about her birthday. She would be a teenager once she aged up and Dwight was giving her some advice.


Daisy then had her birthday party and aged up to teen. As usual, she had the PlantSim hair and clothing but I'll be changing all that soon enough.


The family ate birthday cake together to celebrate the two recent birthdays. The next ones, if I recall correctly, will be Melanie and Michael. Ariana's is coming up but I think all of these but Melanie are after the move.


I did pick out a hair for Daisy before I closed the game down but I'll have to pick out her clothes here in a minute. I'm loading the game up right after I post this.


I was waiting on everyone to wake up for breakfast so I had Quinton play guitar in the bedroom. Some of the family who were awake decided to watch for a bit.


Melanie had a wish to read 20 books so I let her read a book of her choosing. I don't know if she'll complete it, but I'll try.


Quinton and Ariana had a bit of alone time together before heading to the shower. I kind of like that showers are woohoo spots because both Sims can get cleaned at the same time and the fun meter goes up along with social.


Since it was getting later, I just decided to have them all eat at the diner. Irene is fitting in well with the family, although her only friend out of all of them so far is Michael. I was also wrong in my last post, they are only romantic interests at this point in time.


I hadn't seen Cori for a bit, looks like she is doing well. I don't know how many days she has left until her birthday but I'll have to make sure to Porter her over to Riverview as well.


Ariana finally got around to teaching Daisy how to drive. Unlike with Michael, I had Daisy finish it all in one day.


For today, I had Melanie take care of the garden. She got a decent amount of simoleans from the money trees. These ones are not getting transferred to Riverview as I'll start a new garden there and have Daisy be the caretaker.


Irene decided she wanted to become closer to Michael's family so I had her start with his dad. Dwight seems to like her, that's a good thing.


Okay, so I decided to take the plunge and edit her face to make her somewhat better. In my opinion, she actually is a pretty Sim and I was surprised how well she turned out. I even got rid of her poo colored hair and I feel like this color suits her much better.


Now they are boyfriend and girlfriend. Her traits are actually decent too, I know schmoozer, charasmatic, and flirty are three of them. I forget what number 4 is. She also wants to be Leader of the Free World, maybe she can be Ariana's successor.


To celebrate the new relationship, Mike gave Irene Precious Pink flowers. I always seem to do the red or yellow ones so I picked these instead.



Irene was so happy about everything that was happening to her that she jumped into Mike's arms. Then, they went up to Dwight and Melanie's room to have a pillow fight.


And lastly, Quinton got another promotion at work. He also reached level 10 in guitar and has that skill mastered. I'm not doing the skill challenges for it as they can be a pain but at least he doesn't have to worry about raising it for work now.

[Supermanfan]

Daisy doesn't have to eat anything since she is a PlantSim so I had her continue trying to create the IF potion to make them real Sims. Unfortunately, it still didn't happen.


I decided to have Dwight do the cooking today. He decided to make pancakes.


Most of the household was awake by this time so most of them got to eat breakfast together.


I sent Daisy over to see what elixirs the alchemy store had but they only had one that I wanted. I had her buy it for future use on Irene. (It's a beneficial elixir)


Afterwards, I had her gain the first skill level in alchemy. I figured since she is the heir, learning some skills will help her out.


I then sent her to the Bistro to take a cooking class and a mixology class. She also took a third class but I forgot which one. I think it was fishing.



Dwight went to become friends with Scot McGraw. He is the son of Sandi French McGraw but I'm not sure who his father is. I had Dwight question him so I could have him write a report for work.


Ariana took Irene to get her drivers license. I only have the more expensive cars so everyone drives them to learn.


I guess that Abigail was pregnant with twins. Since I heard they were born, I sent her mother and father over to see the little ones.


Andrea wasn't doing very well with Mason who kept crying. Apparently it wasn't his diaper because no one complained about the smell or anything.


Melanie decided to pick up baby Chaquita. Sometimes you just have to love the names the game picks for nonplayed Sims. Somehow, I feel Andrea was the one who named her that, lol


"See, Andrea? This is the proper way to take care of a baby," Dwight told Andrea.
"Hey, I did alright with Sheena when she was a baby!"


Sheena: So you're my grandmother? How come I never met you until now?
Melanie: Because our Watcher is very forgetful and doesn't seem to remember to have us meet extended family.


And lastly, Dwight gave Abigail a hug before they left. There are now 6 grandkids for Dwight and Melanie.


Daisy finally got a second potion but it was not the one I'm needing. I meant to leave the IF's in Sunset Valley if neither she nor Mike got the IF one but they got Portered in anyway.


Just a random shot of Irene as she eats breakfast.


Quinton had to make breakfast for the rest of the family as there wasn't enough for all 7 Sims.


Daisy went outside in her PJ's to harvest the money trees for the last time. I'll start a new garden at the new house.


Melanie got about 25% of her latest romance novel finished. She should be able to complete at least this one and maybe two or three more shorter ones.


After a while, I had her invite guests to an upcoming party then she played chess with Quinton.


Then it was time for the triplets to age up. Evan went first and he aged up to adult.


Abigail went second.


I saved Ariana for last since she is in the active household. I just didn't want Evan or Abigail to leave before they aged up.

[Supermanfan]

I will update this some more before long. In my original playthrough, I had moved the Langerak's to Riverview after the last picture above. However, I later on decided to go back to Sunset Valley at this point, meaning Riverview didn't happen. That meant I was back to the last picture above, with Daisy still a teenager and not married to Hal Breckinridge. On the official forums, you can see what happened in Riverview if you want, but as for the story here, that never happened, only the things I share here did.

[Supermanfan]

This takes place on the 150th day of the save, it is also day 4 of week 22. This doesn't include trips to the future, university, or the travel destinations.


When Ariana woke up that morning, something seemed off to her. With Melanie being the current matriarch of the family, she decided to go to her with her dilemma.
Ariana: Hey, Mom? Can we talk? I had a weird dream last night and I want your input.
Melanie: Sure, you can talk to me about anything.
Ariana: Okay, like I said, it was a weird dream. I dreamed that when we woke up today, we decided to move to Riverview for some reason. Michael and Irene got married there, you, Quinton, Dad and I all died, and Daisy married a cowardly cop named Hal something. Oh, and I had another child with Quinton.
Melanie: Sounds like a dream I once had. I ended up marrying Quinton's father, Garry Sekemoto and had kids with him. You triplets and Michael were never born in it.

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References to the fact that Melanie has basically lived three timelines, and Ariana lived two so far. Kind of what happens when I try to reboot, lol

Since they are back in Sunset Valley, they still have their money tree garden. Ariana and future generations will add other plants to it, most likely Daisy will be the main caretaker soon though.


One thing from Ariana's dream did come true, however this event would happen anyway. Irene had her birthday party during my session last night.



However, it soon became a nightmare when her birthday cake caught on fire. Luckily, Michael put it out in a hurry, but they had to throw away the cake and start over with a new one.


This time, she did age up. Due to losing her homework with all the stuff I did, Irene was given the Good Sense of Humor trait in this version. She gained Natural Cook in the one where she aged up in Riverview.


I was lucky enough to get all 7 household members in the same picture. They all got a piece of the cake this time, so it worked out well for me.
Irene just got the same makeover she had the last time.


Since Irene was now a young adult, she was able to let her boyfriend and Daisy off the hook for skipping school the other day. However, I had to use my Watcher powers to remove Irene's moodlet, it wouldn't go away and no Sim could let her off the hook.
Irene: This is kind of awkward, but I'm letting you off the hook for skipping school. I won't be so lenient if you end up skipping our wedding in the near future though.


Quinton found Eric Jones' old Spooky Day outfit and decided it'd be a good look for a rocker.
Quinton: Dang, who knew ol' Eric had a wild side? This will knock the socks off my audience!
Even the paparazzi were impressed, they tried to snap his picture as he ran out the door.


Irene: And then he says, "That's my wife!".
Melanie: (laughs) That's so funny, Irene! I have no idea where you get your jokes from.


I only got two CC hairs for male Sims right now, but I tried this one on Dwight. I never really paid attention, but he has a big nose. :lol: He got woken up by his pager on the 152nd day, telling him he needed to come into work. However, it wasn't too far away from his regular work schedule, so he would have had to been up soon anyway.


Michael and Daisy were up before the others were, so they finished their homework together. Hopefully, they can get their grades up so I can pick their traits.


The family, minus Dwight and Quinton, ate the pancakes that Ariana made. She had work coming up, while Daisy and Michael had school soon. Dwight and Quinton both were still asleep as they worked late the night before.


Ariana had done pretty well for herself in the political career. She had started off as a Podium Polisher, but then quit to attend University with Quinton Sekemoto, and Cori Lucas. All three of them graduated with a degree, and Ariana then rejoined politics as a Yes-Woman. Soon, she was elected to office as a city council woman, and was now the governor of her state. If she played her cards right, she could be the President one day.


Melanie was the one to harvest the Money Tree's today, as Daisy is too busy with school. Being a PlantSim means that once she graduates, I'll let her have full control over the garden.


I seen that a lot of family members either were not friends, or didn't even know each other. I almost used cheats to fix this, but decided against it. Irene had a chat with Quinton to try and fix their relationship. He scolded her pretty badly when she missed school the previous day, and they were enemies. At least now, they are on the positive side.


I was looking to see how well everyone was on their jobs, and noticed that Dwight needed some reports. I decided to have him visit the neighbor across the street, Jennifer Jones. I did not realize that she was married to Christopher (Jones) Steel's clone, Christian, before he died. He never had any kids, but like in Riverview, I may resurrect him as a last living link to the original Christopher.


While waiting for guest to the party, Quinton got a phone call asking him out on a date. He refused as he is married to Ariana. Only if relationships tank will anyone cheat, at least for the time being.


Then he joined in dancing with some of the others. Irene looks to be shaking her butt, lol


Quinton: Mom, so glad you could come. How have you and dad been?
Carina: Oh, you know your father. He's doing well for his age.
Carina is the daughter of Miraj Alvi and I want to say Darlene Bunch. Dwight is the son of VJ Alvi and Kaylynn Langerak, making him Carina's cousin, and Quinton's first cousin, once removed. Quinton's father is the son of Zelda and Leighton Sekemoto. Anyway, Dwight was talking with Abigail while Ariana talked with Evan.


Irene: Hey, you must be Cori Lucas! I heard you were the one who engineered the seed that brought Daisy into existence.
Cori: Um, yeah I am. You must be Michael's girlfriend, Irene?
Irene: You got it. Hey, what'd you bring with you, anyway?
Cori: (looks at her empty hand) I have no idea, I didn't even know I did bring anything.
Apparently she did though, by the position of her hand.


I set up a nice little party area outside so that the Sims could dance, and eat the hot dogs that Dwight made. It's hard to keep track of this many Sims, but hopefully I fixed relationships a bit. The fairy is Rain (Forest) Langerak, the random fairy I made a while back. She helped bring some fairy genetics into the extended family, but I have yet to add any to the main household.


At school, Daisy had met her cousin, Sheena Langerak. They hung out together at the party and on their way to becoming friends.


When the party was about over, Ariana gave her sister a hug.
Ariana: Come back anytime, sis. Same goes for the rest of your family.
Abigail: We will, don't worry about it. Think I'll stop by the cemetery for a bit, say hello to our deceased family.
Ariana: You know, sometimes I swear I can see and hear them at night. My bedroom window faces that way, you know.

***The family went to bed shortly after this. I think once Michael moves out, I'll shut off aging and get the household members to be friends. I actually think that I'll play with aging off and on at different times, just to help slow things down a bit.

[Supermanfan]

Langerak Family, Day 152

Last night, I was checking (again) to see what families are still in town. I was shocked that the Landgraab's and Alto's have died out completely. However, the Langerak, Bunch, Sekemoto's, and Goth's are going strong, along with a few other families.


After breakfast, everybody went off to do their own things. Michael had a wish to be BFF's with Daisy, but the option hadn't came up yet. I decided that I'd have him attempt it, since today was the summer festival and they didn't have school (or so I thought). It didn't pop up on the couch, so I had them stand up to try it, but still haven't got the option yet. I read that friendly interactions eventually bring it up, so hopefully that will do it.


Upstairs, Ariana was chatting with her soon to be sister-in-law. Irene was discussing how she was interested in politics, and wondered if Ariana had any room in her administration for her.
Ariana: Everyone in politics starts out as a podium polisher. It sounds easy, like you just polish podiums, but you actually would be dumping my trash, cleaning toilets, basically a maid at first. Is that alright with you?
Irene: Anything, Ari. I just want a chance.
Ariana: Alright, if you put in your application, I'll see what I can do.


Melanie: Dang phone, probably another "Will you go out with me, Melanie?" phone call.
Needless to say, we ignored that phone call.


When Ariana went to work, Irene decided to chat with Quinton about life in general. She seemed very interested in what he was saying.


I can't remember what kind of opportunity Melanie had to do, but she had to chat with this lady whose name I can't remember. I don't think that she's a descendant of any family, to be honest.


Quinton: Man, seems we always get gifts, being rich and all. Most of these are just dumb gifts.
Apparently an alien has been around, I see their space car at the alchemy shop.


Quinton: I need to sit down, getting a little tired.
(Chair farts)
Quinton: Dang kids!


Quinton: Hello, Quinton Langerak speaking. Who's is this?
Voice on phone: Sir, we're calling about your car's warranty...


Quinton: Stop calling me!


After school, I sent the whole family to the park to have some fun. Daisy decided to skate, but then this Sim wanted to skate with her. I want to say her name is Tomeka Sekemoto, but I could be wrong.


Dwight was about to starve after he got off work, so he decided he better buy himself some supper. His family members just ate snow cones as they weren't too hungry.


Irene decided to practice her soccer skills. She wasn't doing too bad at it.


Melanie got invited to a party, so she spent some time talking with townies. This is one I made over, and is part of the family tree. However, the game doesn't show the family connection. She is Bridgett Bunch, and is directly related to Emily Jones. Emily is her great-grandma, meaning Melanie is a second cousin to Bridgett.


Quinton was the last one home, and he wasn't really tired yet. I decided to have him start upgrading the sprinkler.

Langerak Family, Day 153


This morning, all the family watched TV together while waiting for the last Sim to wake up. Today was a special day for the family.


They were to celebrate Michael's 18th birthday, where he would transition into a young adult. He was proud of himself for making it this far, but he and Irene both still have graduation coming up.


After a quick makeover, the family all sat down to eat cake together. Some of the family were still clapping and cheering, but most were starting to get some cake.


Michael: Hey, babe, you're looking beautiful this morning.
Irene: Don't you dare drop me!


After the festivities were over, Dwight and Melanie headed to the airport for their planned trip to Shang Simla. The local's there were holding a sparring contest, and whoever beat them all would be crowned the champion. Dwight was prepared for this, he had maxed his martial arts and athletic skills, while also learning some logic to better counter his opponents.


Melanie asked Dwight if he wanted to practice, which of course he did. Melanie isn't at the top of the skill like her husband, but she was still able to beat him.
Dwight: I have a bad feeling about this, Mel. I'm just not as good as I once was.
Melanie: Don't let doubt creep in, mister. If you doubt yourself, you won't do as well anyway.


Melanie was very good with the meditation part of martial arts, so she decided to help Dwight calm down and gain some inner peace.


Then, Dwight faced his first opponent. It took a few attempts, but he finally beat this guy.


Melanie went around the market to buy items that the family lost when I did the porter to Riverview in the other save. Mostly just needed the martial arts equipment, and a couple chests to store items.


While he was still there, the local taught Dwight both Chinese songs so now he can sing them too. Maybe he should pass those down to the other Langerak's.


Melanie already had a Visa 2 level from when I was playing them before, so I decided to aim for level 3.


While Melanie was running around for one of the missions, Dwight faced his next opponent. He did end up beating this Sim.


She didn't end up doing anymore adventures, because she was getting hungry. I sent Melanie back to the base camp where she made some veggie rolls for her and Dwight.


Dwight called up the next contestant, Ai Pei, and sat around waiting for him. Several hours passed, and Ai still didn't show up. Using MC, I saw that he was heading there, but since he had a cane, it was taking him a very long time. I even had Dwight run to where he was, and tried to have him spar Ai where he was. But since I called him, nothing could deter Ai Pei's journey to the base camp. So I had Dwight follow him back, then sparred him. Dwight had trouble beating Ai but he finally did.


And a scenery pic to end the update.

[Supermanfan]

Langerak Family, China


Dwight got a phone call offering him some money and visa points if he collected 5 unsmelted mercury rocks. He accepted, so he got a couple near the camp.


Melanie had to check in with Sun Young Kim after all the running around. Sun told her to go to the Temple of Heaven, which Melanie already had a wish to do anyway.


Dwight faced yet another opponent, but he defeated this one as well.


Melanie started on the next part of the Temple of Heaven. I had lost the ax like I lost other things, and since I wasn't in the homeworld, I ended up using cheats to show the invisible ax, and reset it. I was then able to take it back, as Melanie had already had it anyway. Also, this opportunity was for the other adventures there.


Opening the door above led into this room, so if Melanie was tired, at least she'd have a bed to sleep in.


Inside this room were several chests that she opened. I think one had food in it, and the other had gold or something.


There were also some mechanisms in the wall and one of them unlocked another door. This led to a well that Melanie jumped in, leading to another room. From there, she collected the item she was supposed to get.



Taking the item back to Sun got her some more money and visa points, but then she was told to collect unsmelted platinum. This went pretty quickly, and she returned those as well.


Lastly for updates today, Dwight turned in the mercury that he had collected, thus ending my play session.


Still in Shang Simla, Dwight and Melanie spent some much needed time together. They woohooed in a public place, so that got them a special moodlet.


Then Dwight went back to the tournament. Here he is showing off his best moves to defeat his opponent.


Melanie had to talk to Sun Young Kim once again to finish her latest opportunity.


What was kind of dumb is how the game tried to route Melanie to her. It made her swim around, then get on the land, and repeated this for a few times.


The next opponent Dwight faced was outside. I've been having him try to catch them as soon as possible, mostly because I wanted to try and get the highest level before leaving Shang Simla.


But when I had Melanie go jogging, I realized I never changed her athletic wear, so I did so after taking this photo.

[Supermanfan]

This adventure, Dwight took time out from doing the tournament to help Melanie out. Even though they are two older Sims, they still are in great shape so it's not as hard on them as it is on other Sims.


Dwight then let Melanie pull the statues, because she really was looking forward to it.
Melanie: Don't just stand there, give me a hand with this thing!



Both Dwight and Melanie checked the areas in the wall, but Melanie was braver doing so than Dwight was. She just brushes the bugs off, while Dwight freaked out.


Finally, Melanie got to the last couple chests and finished the quest.


As for Dwight, it was time for him to go back to the tournament. By this time, he had to be at level 3 or 4, but I know he didn't get to 5 before he left. There are still a few more pictures from Shang Simla yet to go though.


Dwight: Hey, everyone! Hope you're enjoying these updates from Shang Simla, I know I am. And hey, I got another chance at life too, so there is that.





Four more opponents were beat, including Dwight's own wife, Melanie Langerak.


Oh, Melanie also got a level 3 visa and they were able to buy a vacation home now. Of course, they had to try out the bed to make sure it was sturdy enough.


And lastly, here is the last opponent Dwight fought before the family had to go home. Next up, we return to Sunset Valley to catch up with the rest of the family. Some want to travel to Egypt or France, but I believe Dwight will go to Shang Simla to finish the tournament, maybe taking someone with him.